By Paul Steen MiCorps Program Manager Huron River Watershed Council Stop invasive plants before they harm your lake! Dr. Jo Latimore has written a new blog for the MiCorps website. Included in the blog is a video that describes the Exotic Plant Watch program. Check...
By Lois Wolfson MSU Extension Senior Educator The 2017 Great Lakes conference, “The Great Lakes: Moving Michigan Forward” is scheduled for Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing, MI. The one day conference, beginning at 9:00 AM incorporates...
By Jo Latimore, Aquatic Ecologist and Outreach Specialist Michigan State University Have people in your community ever disagreed about what is best for your lake? Do you ever wish you knew more about how lakes and rivers work? Have you wondered what resources are...
By Clifford H. Bloom, Esq. Bloom Sluggett Morgan, PC Grand Rapids, Michigan www.bsmlawpc.com On October 25, 2016, the Michigan Court of Appeals released its unpublished decision in O’Neill, et al. v Moses, et al. (Case Nos. 329227, 330527, 329475 and 330529; 2016 WL...
2017 MNSP Shoreline and Shallows Conference: Increasing Habitat, Reducing Threats By Julia Kirkwood Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership Facilitator MDEQ-Water Resources Division Non-point Source Program The Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership has announced that...
By Lois Wolfson President, Michigan Chapter North American Lake Management Society The Michigan Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society (McNALMS) and Michigan Lake and Stream Associations are again sponsoring the Lake Research Student Grants Program. ...
by Alisha Davidson, Ph.D. ML&SA Research and Development Coordinator While riparians are used to seeing the emergence of various insects during the spring and summer months, the winter months are known for their stillness and quiet. Life takes a break, and apart...
by Clifford H. Bloom Attorney-at-Law Bloom Sluggett Morgan P.C. Grand Rapids, MI Frequently, I am asked by riparians around the state how they can lobby their local municipality to protect their lake. This issue’s column will answer that question by means of a...
Join us December 10th to learn what works from experts and local governments. Local governments play a vital role in protecting our region’s lakes, rivers and streams and the natural areas that contribute to their quality—efforts that ensure clean water and...
By Paul Steen Huron River Watershed Council MiCorps Program Manager On October 18, the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes (OGL) officially rolled out Part 4 of their Water Strategy at a press event in Owosso. OGL Director, Jon Allan, spoke on the importance of water...
by Alisha Davidson, Ph.D. ML&SA Research and Development Coordinator Disturbance events, such as flooding or vegetation removal, can leave ecosystems in vulnerable states, increasing the opportunity for nonnative species to colonize. Ecologists call this process...
By Clifford H. Bloom, Esq. Bloom Sluggett Morgan, PC Grand Rapids, Michigan www.bsmlawpc.com On inland lakes in Michigan, virtually every property owner has a dock and frequently, a boat hoist as well. Numerous riparians also have a floating raft or the equivalent. ...
MI DNR The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of European frogbit, a prohibited aquatic invasive plant, in Reeds and Fisk lakes in the city of East Grand Rapids. European frogbit was first verified in Michigan in 1996 along the Great...
Friends of the Rouge, founded in 1986, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoration and stewardship of the Rouge River ecosystem through education, citizen involvement, and other collaborative efforts. The Rouge River is one of the nation’s most polluted...
Making occasional surprise appearances to the delight of swimmers in Michigan’s inland lakes for well over eighty years, freshwater jellyfish are an exotic, though non-invasive species that were accidentally imported from China in the early part of the twentieth...
The unwelcome spread of European frog-bit continues in Michigan and throughout the Great Lakes region. A native of Europe, Asia, and Africa, the rapidly growing exotic aquatic invasive plant often forms dense mats in slow moving waters such as inlets, canals, coastal...
By Scott Brown ML&SA Executive Director Michigan Lake and Stream Associations remains committed to the idea that townships and other local units of government should be playing a larger role in preserving and protecting the inland lakes, streams and wetlands as...
Alisha Davidson ML&SA Research & Development Coordinator Muskrats are semi-aquatic mammals commonly spotted by riparians, particularly in the evening. They prefer locations with four to six feet of water and are found in ponds, lakes, and swamps. Muskrats make...
by Scott Brown, ML&SA Executive Director Attempting to address the fact that Michigan remains the only state in the union without a uniform code governing the design, installation, and maintenance of septic tanks, Washtenaw County state Rep. Gretchen Driskell,...
By Alisha Davidson ML&SA Research and Development Coordinator On New Year’s Day in 2011, the Smithsonian received reports of over 5,000 dead birds in Arkansas. After deliberating as to the possible causes, researchers realized that several large flocks of birds in...
